Top 50 Quotes From Mulholland Dr.

Cowboy: Hey, pretty girl, time to wake up.

Adam: I got the pool, she got the pool-man.

Betty: She's letting me stay here while she's working on a movie that's being made in Canada. But I guess you already know that. Well, I couldn't afford a place like this in a million years... unless, of course, I'm discovered and become a movie star. Of course, I'd rather be known as a great actress than a movie star. But, you know, sometimes people end up being both. So that is, I guess you'd say, sort of why I came here.
[pause]
Betty: I'm sorry. I'm just so excited to be here. I mean I just came here from Deep River, Ontario, and now I'm in this dream place. Well, you can imagine how I feel.

[last lines]
Blue: Silencio...

Irene: Well, it's time to say good-bye, Betty. It's been so nice traveling with you.
Betty: Thank you, Irene. I was so excited and nervous. It was sure great to have you to talk to.
Irene: Remember, I'll be watching for you on the big screen.
Betty: [smiling] Okay, Irene. Won't that be the day?
Irene: Good luck, Betty dear. Take care of yourself. And be careful.
Betty: I will. Thanks again.
Irene: Okay, dear.
Irene's: Betty, it was so nice meeting you. All the luck in the world.
Betty: Thank you.

Betty: Well, there it was.
Jimmy: Yeah, there it was alright. Baby, you got a way with you, really.
Wally: Bob?
Bob: Very good. Really. I mean, it was forced maybe, but still... humanistic. Yeah. Very good. Really. Really.

Rita: ¡Yo nunca fui a Casablanca con Luigi!
A: Qué lástima.
Adam: ¡Qué va!

Gene: [while Adam is taking out the jewellery]
[his wife is shouting]
Gene: He might be upset.

Betty: [looking around to see her bags missing] My bags!
Cab: [from the curb, with Betty's bags] Where to?
Betty: [smiling] 1612 Havenhurst!

Betty: [Betty and Rita are in bed, about to have sex for the first time] Have you ever done this before?
Rita: I don't know. Have you?
Betty: I want to with you.

Cowboy: A man's attitude... a man's attitude goes some ways. The way his life will be. Is that somethin' you agree with?
Adam: Sure.
Cowboy: Now... did you answer cause you thought that's what I wanted to hear, or did you think about what I said and answer cause you truly believe that to be right?
Adam: I agree with what you said, truthfully.
Cowboy: What'd I say?
Adam: Uh... that a man's attitude determines, to a large extent, how his life will be.
Cowboy: So since you agree, you must be someone who does not care about the good life.

Dan: I just wanted to come here.
Herb: To Winkie's?
Dan: This Winkie's.
Herb: Okay, why this Winkie's?
Dan: It's kind of embarrassing.
Herb: Go ahead.
Dan: I had a dream about this place.
Herb: [sighs] Oh, boy.
Dan: See what I mean?
Herb: Okay, so you had a dream about this place. Tell me.
Dan: Well, it's the second one I've had, but they're both the same. They start out that I'm in here, but it's not day or night. It's kind of half-night, you know? But it looks just like this... except for the light. And...
[shaking his head]
Dan: I'm scared like I can't tell you. Of all people, you're standing right over there... by that counter. You're in both dreams and you're scared too. I get even more frightened when I see how afraid you are and then I realize what it is. There's a man... in back of this place. He's the one who's doing it. I can see him through the wall. I can see his face. I hope that I never see that face, ever, outside of a dream.
[Dan looks down and shakes his head again, clearly terrified of the memory, and sniffs, as though close to tears. Herb cocks his head, waiting for more. The background music becomes increasingly ominous]
Dan: That's it.
Herb: So... you came here to see if he's really out there.
Dan: [leans in] To get rid of this god-awful feeling.
Herb: [nodding] Right, then.
[Herb rises and goes to pay the bill at the counter. Dan turns and looks, and his terror increases as he sees Herb standing in the same location as in his nightmare. Dan turns back to his uneaten breakfast, then turns again to see Herb say silently, "C'mon." They exit to investigate the back of the Winkie's restaurant]

Cynthia: Do you know somebody called "the Cowboy"?
Adam: The Cowboy?
Cynthia: Yeah, the Cowboy. This guy, the Cowboy, wants to see you. Jason said he thought it'd be a good idea.
Adam: Oh, Jason thought it'd be a good idea for me to see the Cowboy. Well, should I wear my ten-gallon hat and my six-shooters?

Betty: Get out! Get out before I call my dad. He trusts you; you're his best friend. This will be the end of everything.

Betty: It's strange calling yourself.

Coco: Wilkins! Wilkins! If that damn dog craps in the courtyard one more time, I'm just gonna bake his little butt for breakfast!

Betty: I hate you. I hate us both.

Adam: What's going on Cynthia?
Cynthia: It's been a very strange day.
Adam: And getting stranger.

Cowboy: Howdy.
Adam: Howdy to you.
Cowboy: Beautiful evening.
Adam: Yeah.
Cowboy: Sure wanna thank you for coming all the way up here to see me from that nice little hotel downtown.
Adam: No problem. What's on your mind?
Cowboy: Well, now. Here's a man who wants to get right down to it. Kind of anxious to get to it, are you?

Cowboy: Well, just stop for a little second and think about it. Will ya do that for me?
Adam: [sarcastic tone] Okay, I'm thinking.
Cowboy: No, you're not thinkin'. You're too busy being a smart aleck to be thinkin'. Now I want ya to "think" and stop bein' a smart aleck. Can ya try that for me?

Heavy: Something bit me bad!

[first lines]
Rita: What are you doing? We don't stop here.

Cowboy: There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy have?
Adam: One.
Cowboy: So, let's just say I'm driving this buggy. And, if you fix your attitude, you can ride along with me.

Betty: I'm in love with you.

Ray: Good afternoon, Mr. Roque. Her name is Camilla Rhodes. The director doesn't want her. Do you want him replaced? I know they said...
[pause]
Mr. Roque: Then...
Ray: Then that means we should...
[pause]
Mr. Roque: Yes?
Ray: Shut everything down.
[pause]
Ray: Is that something that...
[pause]
Ray: You want us to shut everything down?
[pause]
Ray: Then we'll shut everything down.

Vincent: I think you're going to enjoy your espresso this time. I've done quite a bit of research, knowing how hard you are to please. This one comes highly recommended.

Jimmy: Acting is reacting.

[Likely a joke about Lynch's professed hatred of product placement in films]
Betty: Don't drink all the coke!

Luigi: This is the girl!
Adam: Hey, that girl is not in my film!
Vincenzo: It's no longer your film.

[Adam catches his wife Lorraine in bed with Gene Clean]
Gene: Just forget you ever saw it. It's better that way.

Betty: It'll be just like in the movies. We'll pretend to be someone else.

Rita: Betty? Betty? Where are you? Donde estas...

Gene: [after punching Adam] That ain't no way to treat your wife, buddy. I don't care what she's done.

Rita: Good night, sweet Betty.

Cynthia: You're broke.
Adam: But I'm not broke!
Cynthia: I know, but you're broke. Where are you?

Jimmy: Just tell me where it hurts, baby.

[observing the car wreck]
Detective: [holds up an evidence bag containing a pearl earing] The boys found this on the floor in back of the caddy.
Detective: Yeah, you showed me.
Detective: Could be unrelated.
Detective: Could be. Any of those dead kids wearing pearl earings?
Detective: No. Could be someone's missing maybe.
Detective: That's what I'm thinking.
[Detective McKnight looks down the hill out over the Los Angeles skyline with a sense of purpose. The scene fades. Neither character appears again in the film]

Linney: Don't get me wrong. I love Wally. I ought to. I was married to him for 10 years. And I love actors, all actors. We just get a little catty sometimes.

Bob: It's not a contest... the two of them... with themselves... So don't play it for real until it gets real.
Betty: OK.

Diane: [Diane slides a photo of Camilla across the table] This is the girl.
Joe: Don't show me this fucking thing here.
Diane: It's just an actresses photo resume, everybodys got one.

Jason: Did you want to tell me something, Adam?
[Adam turns to Jason as Ray Hott appears behind Jason, staring ominously at Adam]
Adam: This is the girl.
Ray: Excellent choice... Adam.

[Diane is about to give the hitman his money]
Joe: Now, once you hand that over to me, it's a done deal. Are you sure you want this?
Diane: More than anything in this world.

Rita: Go with me somewhere.
Betty: Now?
Rita: Right now!

Diane: You want me to make this easy for you? No fucking way! It's not gonna be. It's not easy for me!

Betty: Mulholland Drive?
Rita: That's where I was going!

[At the club Silencio]
Bondar: No hay banda! There is no band! Il n'est pas de orquestra! This is all... a tape-recording. No hay banda! And yet we hear a band. If we want to hear a clarinette... listen.
Bondar: [the sounds responding to his every hand motion] Un trombon "à coulisse". Un trombon "con sordina". Sient le son du trombon in sourdine. Hear le son... and mute it... drop it. It's all recorded. No hay banda! It's all a tape. Il n'est pas de orquestra. It is... an illusion!

Cowboy: When you see the girl in the picture that was shown to you earlier today, you will say, "this is the girl". The rest of the cast can stay, that's up to you. But the choice for that lead girl is NOT up to you. Now... you will see me one more time, if you do good. You will see me... two more times, if you do bad. Good night.

Coco: Honey, you're a good kid, but what you're telling me is a load of horse puckey. Even though it comes from a good place.

Coco: You know, there was a man that lived here once that had a prize-fighting kangaroo. Well, you just wouldn't believe what that kangaroo did to this courtyard!

Betty: [opens door] Yes? May I help you?
Louise: Someone is in trouble. Who are you? What are you doing in Ruth's apartment?
Betty: She's letting me stay here. I'm her niece. My name's Betty.
Louise: No, it's not. That's not what she said. Someone is in trouble. Something bad is happening!